What Amazon Echo and Google Home Do With Your Voice Data
Like the idea of Amazon Echo and Google Home, but feel uneasy about all that recording? Here’s what they listen […]
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5 Russian-Made Surveillance Technologies Used in the West
Privacy activists are battling to stop Western surveillance technology from filtering out to oppressive regimes. But Russia is also hard […]
Dummy Christmas CCTV camera for kids
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the “Elf Surveillance Dummy CCTV Camera.” This mock camera is designed to be […]
Australians will trade privacy for security
If you want to invade the average Australian’s privacy, tell them it will prevent terror and you will be on […]
New Zealand’s DPA issues guidance on security cameras and drones
As the festive and holiday season fast approaches, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner has produced a new guidance resource […]
New Orleans Police Watchdog Warns of Dangers of Expanded Surveillance
In a stern warning to the New Orleans City Council, the city’s top police watchdog has criticized a plan to […]
Germany bans children’s ‘smart’ watches over surveillance concerns
Telecoms regulator urges parents to destroy the devices, which have been used to listen in on classroom lessons. Source: Germany […]
Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
Android phones are tracking your location even if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t […]
Australia could allow firms to buy access to facial recognition data
The federal government is considering allowing private companies to use its national facial recognition database for a fee, documents released […]
As mass data collection becomes the norm, concerns about surveillance are growing
As our urban areas expand at an alarming rate, mass data collection appears to be the only way of keeping […]
European Court Holds Camera Surveillance of University Lecture Halls Violates Privacy
n the case of Antović and Mirković v. Montenegro, the European Court of Human Rights held that camera surveillance in […]
ePrivacy: Why ‘prohibition by default’ cannot be an option
Until 1989, Germany was a divided country. East Germany was under communist rule. The powerbase of the communist government was […]